Introduction to the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA)

The overall objective of this short e-learning course is to give learners a basic understanding of the strategy for Denmark’s Development Cooperation.

Target group

The course is aimed primarily at:

MFA staff with job responsibilities within policy dialogue, development cooperation at bilateral missions or at HQ departments.

MFA staff with job responsibilities at a multilateral mission working with international organisations, development cooperation and/or human rights.

Objectives

This course will introduce you to:

how HRBA moves the focus of development cooperation from needs to rights

the human rights framework and the four HRBA principles

how to use a HRBA to bilateral or multilateral policy dialogue

how to base programme formulation on a HRBA

the link between HRBA and private sector development

Content

The course has the following modules:

Why use a HRBA?

What does a HRBA mean?

How to use a HRBA in Policy Dialogue?

How to use a HRBA in programming?

How to use a HRBA in private sector development?

Notes

There are links to other resources in this course. If a link is inactive because the content has been moved, you are recommended to use the search function on the internet/intranet to locate the resource.

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